The reign of peace and royal blessing; its source and securer

Psalm 72 introduces us, not to David in suffering and conflict,
but to the full reign of peace and royal blessing. It is the Son
of David we have here, the source and securer of millennial
blessings. I know not that this psalm requires much explanation by
reason of its clearness. It is the king to whom God gives His
judgments, and who is at the same time the king's Son, the Son of
David, in His reign of righteousness and peace, as Solomon or
Melchisedec. His kingdom has the full extent of promise, but all
kings fall down before Him. Blessings of every kind accompany this
reign of righteousness. The expression "prayer shall be made
continually for him" shows simply, that the blessings enjoyed
through Him raise the desire and request for His glory and
continuance in power. While literally spoken of Solomon, I think
it would point out Christ reigning as a true man upon earth. Verse
17 shows, I think, it is not uncertainty of duration, but the
effects of His rule on the hearts of all that are under it. There
will be a prince of the house of David in Jerusalem, I suppose:
still this, I think, looks beyond him.

The contents of book 2

This closes the Book. We have seen in it the godly ones cast
out; their distress and confidence in this position; this ending
in the certainty and confidence of restoration; and then Messiah's
deliverance and exaltation and previous humiliation the glorious
and yet humbled person being thus brought out and then the human
royal rule established in Israel. This ends the dealings with the
remnant in the land, looked at as apart from the rest.